Mark Madoff killed himself on the two year anniversary of his father, Bernie Madoff’s arrest (Saturday.)  Bernie is serving a 150 year sentence for fraud, but was apparently going to be able to attend the service, had he chosen to.

“Mr. Madoff will not be attending the funeral out of consideration for his daughter-in-law’s and grandchildren’s privacy,” his attorney Ira Sorkin said Monday. “He will be conducting a private service on his own where he is presently incarcerated.”

I guess it’s never too late to start doing the right thing, and perhaps that’s what this is. Bernie Madoff trying to make up for something.  It’s just a really sad story all around. Bernie will have to live with the reality of it for the rest of his life, behind bars.

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